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ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Volume 80 Bloomington, Illinois 61701, Friday, December 7, 1973
The eyes of Argus
are upon me, and no
slip will pass unnoticed.
-George Washington
Number 12
Kahn speech relates
science and religion
By Greg Shubert
Dr. Peter Kahn is, among oth-er
things, a professor of electri-cal
engineering at the University
of Michigan and a member of
the Auxiliary Board of the
Baha'i Faith; so he is qualified
to speak about science and reli-gion,
which he did Friday, Nov.
30 in the President's Room.
Science began about 6,000 or
7,000 years ago when man
changed 'occupations from no-mad
to farmer, and started liv-ing
in settled communities. Then
people could begin to question
and explore the world. Science
has had its ups and downs since
then, but it is still a rational ex-ploration
of the universe.
Science has progressed rapid-ly
in this century. The first air-plane
flight of the Wright broth-ers
and Neil Armstrong's first
step 'on the moon occurred with
a single lifetime-just 66 years.
The development of science
has had two effects on religion.
First, scientific discoveries have
torn down many religious con-cepts;
second, the same discov-eries
and knowledge have crea-ted
a need for religion, for gui-dance
in this age. This has re-sulted
in a dilemma for many
people. Do they believe in sci-ence
or religion?
Some theologies used to state
that God was up in the sky, in
heaven; that the earth was the
center of the universe; that peo-ple
were sometimes possessed
by the devil; and that religious
organization had to be authori-ta~
rian-
Astronomy has shown that
there is no physical heaven and
that the earth does not occupy
a special place in the cosmos.
Psy'chology has demonstrated
that behavior can be explained
by reasonable means. Most peo-ple
favor democracy and in-dividuality
in their societies.
But science has not torn down
the Holy Books-the Bible, the
Qu'ran, the Bhadavad-Gita, and
so on. Science has dispelled only
the inferences, the human inter-pretations
of the Holy Books,
which themselves remain valid
today.
At the same time, scientific
inventions such as computers
can be used to better or to wor-sen
our lives. Computers can
free us from mental drudgery
so we can do interesting things,
or computers can be used in a
"1984" type of society.
How we use science depends
on our values. What is man,
what are we meant to do in
life-our answers to these ques-tions
are our values. These are
questions that religion deals
with.
Since people need values, and
many religious concepts con-flict
with science and reason,
some people have turned away
from religion. There is no need,
said Dr. Kahn, to have to make
an "either/or" decision about
science and religion, because
there can and need be no con-flict
between them.
What kind of religion would
be compatible with science in
its broad meaning of man's
search for truth? It would
acknowledge that science looks
for physical or material truth,
and that religion seeks spiritual
truth, and that both merge fields
and cannot be separated.
Religious beliefs should not
conflict with science, but they
aren't limited to what science
has discovered. Faith transcends
reason, yet supplements it and
cooperates with it. Religious
ideas must be accessible to rea-son
and speak to today's world
and its problems.
Religion, like science, should
be progressive. An official in
the patent office once said that
the office should close because
everything had been invented.
Neither scientific nor religious
truth is final, and both must al-low
for future amplification and
revision, in accord'ance with
man's increased capacity for
knowledge:
The Baha'i Faith, said Dr.
Kahn, satisfies these require-ments
for him and he believes
it is in harmony with science.
No one "designed" this religion
expressly to be compatible with
science. The Ba'ha'i Faith began
in the 1840s, before the big ad-vances
in science which began
around the end of the 19th cen-tury.
Just as unquestioned scienti-fic
ideas can stifle material
growth (what would have hap-pened
if the patent office had
closed?), unquestioned religious
ideas can stifle spiritual growth.
Dr. Kahn concluded by empha-sizing
that every person has a
right to his own ideas and
values, but that a responsibility
to seek out the truth accompan-ies
that right.
The women of Ferguson performed solo at Campus Carol Tuesday night. Third place went to Black-stock-
Theta Chi, second place to Pfeiffer-Sigma Chi, and first place winners were Magill-AOPi.
Senate meets--minus 21
By Bob Kamholz
Student Senate voted to send
delegates to the National Enter-tainment
Conference Sunday
night in a meeting noteworthy
for the absence of twenty-one
members of that body.
A motion to appropriate $350
to SUC for the purpose of send-ing
two delegates to the confer-ence
sparked much debate.
Even with the restrictions and
recommendations made by the
Financial Advisory Board to in-sure
general representation in
the delegation and a final writ-ten
report, the benefits that Sen-ate
would obtain from attend-ing
this convention seemed to
be, as expressed by Don Wei-land,
"mere conjecture." In re-sponse
to this, Peggy Elliott,
chairman of SUC, declared that
since she had never attended a
convention of this nature and
had no access to previous rec-ords,
she could not firmly say
whether the trip would be worth
it or not. Cindy Sutter then
noted that while no one could
say exactly what benefit could
be gained from the conference,
it would probably be a step in
the right direction to educate
the delegates in the intricacies
of programming - something
that has not adequately been
done here at IWU. After devot-ing
-a majority of the meeting to
this topic, Senate approved the
appropriation.
In other business, Senate ap-proved
a measure to set the
salary of the Phoenix manager
at $300 per year. Also, the body
passed two amendments to its
financial procedures, one pro-viding
a specific process to be
followed in the event of the fail-ure
of an individual to sign the
Statement of Budgetary Respon-sibility,
and the other making
the receipt of a copy of the fi-nancial
procedures mandatory
before the signing of that state-ment
can be required.
The Bookstore Committee re-ported
that they had received a
reply to their letter to Mr.
Campbell. The letter emphasized
that the committee was operat-ing
under several misconcep-
'Unity' sponsors Cultural Affair
Sunday, Dec. 9, at 1:00 p.m.
in Illinois State University's Tri-
Towers "Unity" presents their
"Cultural Affair."
The "Cultural Affair" includes
displays, exhibits, seminars, a
dinner and a fashion show with
special guest, Mr. Lu Palmer
from Chicago. Donation for this
part of the affair is $1.00.
Later that evening at 9 p.m.
in University High School's
Stroud Auditorium, "Unity" pre-sents
the ISU-IWU Inter-denominational
Youth Choir,
Kaummba Workshop Theatre
from Chicago, the Operation
Push Choir and the Frank Suggs
and Marcellus Brown Black Art
Jazz performers. Donation is
$2.00.
"Unity" consists of Black stu-dents
from both Illinois Wes-leyan
and Illinois State Univer-sities
who are trying to strength-en
relations between the two
campuses.
For dinner and fashion show
reservations, call 438-8055 or
438-8947.
tions concerning the bookstore,
for such factors as limited dis-count
rates, mandatory used
book rates, and return policies
operate to set limits on the free-dom
of the bookstore to set its
own prices. The letter also em-phasized
that the accounting
books of the store are open for
members of the committee to
see.
Finally, and perhaps in re-sponse
to the less than over-whelming
attendance at the
meeting, Student Senate unani-mously
voted not to hold its
meeting scheduled for Decem-ber
9.
Someplace Else
open for business
Someplace Else has not been
remodeled. It is open 7 p.m. to
1 a.m. Mon., Wed., Thur., Fri.,
and will be open Sat. starting
next week.
"Bands will play at Someplace
Else every night," said manager
Al Unger, "and there will be no
cover charge except Friday
night after Happy Hour."
40 cents for a draft Pabst and
50 cents for a glass of wine are
the usual prices. During Happy
Hour (6 to 7 Fri.) beer costs a
quarter.
Library announces
finals week hours
Library hours during finals
week, Dec. 10-14, will be: Mon-day-
Thursday, open till mid-night.
Friday, open till 5:30 p.m.
Books may be checked out
through De1c. 11, due Jan. 3.
D

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ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Volume 80 Bloomington, Illinois 61701, Friday, December 7, 1973
The eyes of Argus
are upon me, and no
slip will pass unnoticed.
-George Washington
Number 12
Kahn speech relates
science and religion
By Greg Shubert
Dr. Peter Kahn is, among oth-er
things, a professor of electri-cal
engineering at the University
of Michigan and a member of
the Auxiliary Board of the
Baha'i Faith; so he is qualified
to speak about science and reli-gion,
which he did Friday, Nov.
30 in the President's Room.
Science began about 6,000 or
7,000 years ago when man
changed 'occupations from no-mad
to farmer, and started liv-ing
in settled communities. Then
people could begin to question
and explore the world. Science
has had its ups and downs since
then, but it is still a rational ex-ploration
of the universe.
Science has progressed rapid-ly
in this century. The first air-plane
flight of the Wright broth-ers
and Neil Armstrong's first
step 'on the moon occurred with
a single lifetime-just 66 years.
The development of science
has had two effects on religion.
First, scientific discoveries have
torn down many religious con-cepts;
second, the same discov-eries
and knowledge have crea-ted
a need for religion, for gui-dance
in this age. This has re-sulted
in a dilemma for many
people. Do they believe in sci-ence
or religion?
Some theologies used to state
that God was up in the sky, in
heaven; that the earth was the
center of the universe; that peo-ple
were sometimes possessed
by the devil; and that religious
organization had to be authori-ta~
rian-
Astronomy has shown that
there is no physical heaven and
that the earth does not occupy
a special place in the cosmos.
Psy'chology has demonstrated
that behavior can be explained
by reasonable means. Most peo-ple
favor democracy and in-dividuality
in their societies.
But science has not torn down
the Holy Books-the Bible, the
Qu'ran, the Bhadavad-Gita, and
so on. Science has dispelled only
the inferences, the human inter-pretations
of the Holy Books,
which themselves remain valid
today.
At the same time, scientific
inventions such as computers
can be used to better or to wor-sen
our lives. Computers can
free us from mental drudgery
so we can do interesting things,
or computers can be used in a
"1984" type of society.
How we use science depends
on our values. What is man,
what are we meant to do in
life-our answers to these ques-tions
are our values. These are
questions that religion deals
with.
Since people need values, and
many religious concepts con-flict
with science and reason,
some people have turned away
from religion. There is no need,
said Dr. Kahn, to have to make
an "either/or" decision about
science and religion, because
there can and need be no con-flict
between them.
What kind of religion would
be compatible with science in
its broad meaning of man's
search for truth? It would
acknowledge that science looks
for physical or material truth,
and that religion seeks spiritual
truth, and that both merge fields
and cannot be separated.
Religious beliefs should not
conflict with science, but they
aren't limited to what science
has discovered. Faith transcends
reason, yet supplements it and
cooperates with it. Religious
ideas must be accessible to rea-son
and speak to today's world
and its problems.
Religion, like science, should
be progressive. An official in
the patent office once said that
the office should close because
everything had been invented.
Neither scientific nor religious
truth is final, and both must al-low
for future amplification and
revision, in accord'ance with
man's increased capacity for
knowledge:
The Baha'i Faith, said Dr.
Kahn, satisfies these require-ments
for him and he believes
it is in harmony with science.
No one "designed" this religion
expressly to be compatible with
science. The Ba'ha'i Faith began
in the 1840s, before the big ad-vances
in science which began
around the end of the 19th cen-tury.
Just as unquestioned scienti-fic
ideas can stifle material
growth (what would have hap-pened
if the patent office had
closed?), unquestioned religious
ideas can stifle spiritual growth.
Dr. Kahn concluded by empha-sizing
that every person has a
right to his own ideas and
values, but that a responsibility
to seek out the truth accompan-ies
that right.
The women of Ferguson performed solo at Campus Carol Tuesday night. Third place went to Black-stock-
Theta Chi, second place to Pfeiffer-Sigma Chi, and first place winners were Magill-AOPi.
Senate meets--minus 21
By Bob Kamholz
Student Senate voted to send
delegates to the National Enter-tainment
Conference Sunday
night in a meeting noteworthy
for the absence of twenty-one
members of that body.
A motion to appropriate $350
to SUC for the purpose of send-ing
two delegates to the confer-ence
sparked much debate.
Even with the restrictions and
recommendations made by the
Financial Advisory Board to in-sure
general representation in
the delegation and a final writ-ten
report, the benefits that Sen-ate
would obtain from attend-ing
this convention seemed to
be, as expressed by Don Wei-land,
"mere conjecture." In re-sponse
to this, Peggy Elliott,
chairman of SUC, declared that
since she had never attended a
convention of this nature and
had no access to previous rec-ords,
she could not firmly say
whether the trip would be worth
it or not. Cindy Sutter then
noted that while no one could
say exactly what benefit could
be gained from the conference,
it would probably be a step in
the right direction to educate
the delegates in the intricacies
of programming - something
that has not adequately been
done here at IWU. After devot-ing
-a majority of the meeting to
this topic, Senate approved the
appropriation.
In other business, Senate ap-proved
a measure to set the
salary of the Phoenix manager
at $300 per year. Also, the body
passed two amendments to its
financial procedures, one pro-viding
a specific process to be
followed in the event of the fail-ure
of an individual to sign the
Statement of Budgetary Respon-sibility,
and the other making
the receipt of a copy of the fi-nancial
procedures mandatory
before the signing of that state-ment
can be required.
The Bookstore Committee re-ported
that they had received a
reply to their letter to Mr.
Campbell. The letter emphasized
that the committee was operat-ing
under several misconcep-
'Unity' sponsors Cultural Affair
Sunday, Dec. 9, at 1:00 p.m.
in Illinois State University's Tri-
Towers "Unity" presents their
"Cultural Affair."
The "Cultural Affair" includes
displays, exhibits, seminars, a
dinner and a fashion show with
special guest, Mr. Lu Palmer
from Chicago. Donation for this
part of the affair is $1.00.
Later that evening at 9 p.m.
in University High School's
Stroud Auditorium, "Unity" pre-sents
the ISU-IWU Inter-denominational
Youth Choir,
Kaummba Workshop Theatre
from Chicago, the Operation
Push Choir and the Frank Suggs
and Marcellus Brown Black Art
Jazz performers. Donation is
$2.00.
"Unity" consists of Black stu-dents
from both Illinois Wes-leyan
and Illinois State Univer-sities
who are trying to strength-en
relations between the two
campuses.
For dinner and fashion show
reservations, call 438-8055 or
438-8947.
tions concerning the bookstore,
for such factors as limited dis-count
rates, mandatory used
book rates, and return policies
operate to set limits on the free-dom
of the bookstore to set its
own prices. The letter also em-phasized
that the accounting
books of the store are open for
members of the committee to
see.
Finally, and perhaps in re-sponse
to the less than over-whelming
attendance at the
meeting, Student Senate unani-mously
voted not to hold its
meeting scheduled for Decem-ber
9.
Someplace Else
open for business
Someplace Else has not been
remodeled. It is open 7 p.m. to
1 a.m. Mon., Wed., Thur., Fri.,
and will be open Sat. starting
next week.
"Bands will play at Someplace
Else every night," said manager
Al Unger, "and there will be no
cover charge except Friday
night after Happy Hour."
40 cents for a draft Pabst and
50 cents for a glass of wine are
the usual prices. During Happy
Hour (6 to 7 Fri.) beer costs a
quarter.
Library announces
finals week hours
Library hours during finals
week, Dec. 10-14, will be: Mon-day-
Thursday, open till mid-night.
Friday, open till 5:30 p.m.
Books may be checked out
through De1c. 11, due Jan. 3.
D